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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 10:27 AM Jan 2015

We are so screwed UPDATE: HuffPo ranks the 2016 "Presidential contenders." Screwed. Really screwed.

1). Hillary

2). Jebby

3). RAND FEVER!

4). Scott Walker

5). Paul "Just TRY to avoid my penetrating gaze" Ryan

6). Elizabeth Warren

7). Willard "How can we miss you if you won;t go away" Romney

8). CHRIS CHRISTIE!

9). Marco Rubio

10). Joe Biden

11). John Kasich

12). Bobby "How the fuck did I end up in the top 20" Jindal

13). HUCKABEE!

14). Ted "Michele Bachmann with a penis" Cruz

15). Bernie Sanders

16). Jim Webb

17). Rick "I set the bar for insane in the membrane" Perry

18). Ben Carson

19). Andrew Cuomo

20). Rick "I wasn't kidding about that man on dog stuff" Santorum

21). Martin "How the fuck did I end up in a tie with that man on a dog asshole" O'Malley

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/12/trail-to-the-chief_n_6432540.html

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We are so screwed UPDATE: HuffPo ranks the 2016 "Presidential contenders." Screwed. Really screwed. (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 2015 OP
Not much of a choice for the Dems pathansen Jan 2015 #1
Same here Miles Archer Jan 2015 #3
Who the heck is Ben Carson? nt elias49 Jan 2015 #2
From Wikipedia... Miles Archer Jan 2015 #4
Any Democrat who wins the nomination will be quite formidable in the general. dawg Jan 2015 #5
Biden #10? Neon Gods Jan 2015 #6
Most sensible post in DU today, so far.......nt fadedrose Jan 2015 #7
Don't forget Mitt "Third time's the charm" Romney! Takket Jan 2015 #8
That is because we haven't been building our bench like the GOP has tabbycat31 Jan 2015 #9
I'm not seeing anything wrong with the Democratic Party contenders JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #10

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
3. Same here
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 10:35 AM
Jan 2015

We are still in the "will she run, won't she run" phase. Not into Hillary at all. Terrified by the GOP clown car...what a motley crew.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
4. From Wikipedia...
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 10:36 AM
Jan 2015

"Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson Sr. is an American author and retired neurosurgeon. He is the first surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins joined at the head."

Freepers love him...he's the Herman Cain of 2015.

dawg

(10,624 posts)
5. Any Democrat who wins the nomination will be quite formidable in the general.
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 10:39 AM
Jan 2015

People actually show up to vote in Presidential election years, and someone like Martin O'Malley, Jim Webb, or even (gasp) Andrew Cuomo, would compare rather well against Jeb Bush once people actually got a chance to see and hear them.

Sure, none of those guys would be our first choice. But compared to Bush and Romney, they ain't so bad. (Especially O'Malley.)

JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)
10. I'm not seeing anything wrong with the Democratic Party contenders
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 11:28 AM
Jan 2015

Actually - I feel insulted for every single one of them for being put in the same low bar league as people like Carson and Santorum.

I know there are very strong feelings at DU for who the Presidential candidate should be in 2016 - but can we all agree . . .


The D-s and D.S. (Sander) on that list (only one I don't have a strong comfort level with is Webb) . . .

Are all just 'better than' those 'other ones' on the Right?

Seriously - Ben Carson isn't good enough to be on the same list as Hillary or Elizabeth. <--- Yeah - that's my 8th grade hair flip and I don't even care.

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